DocumentCode
519968
Title
Characterization of dynamic nonlinear absorption of carbon nanotube saturable absorber
Author
Wang, F. ; Popa, D. ; Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Torrisi, F. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Dynamic nonlinear absorption of composite-type single-wall carbon nanotube saturable absorbers is characterized using both femtosecond and picosecond pump pulses. Results are compared with numerical simulations based on two commonly used saturable absorber models.
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical saturable absorption; carbon nanotube saturable absorber; dynamic nonlinear absorption; femtosecond pump pulses; numerical simulations; picosecond pump pulses; saturable absorber models; Absorption; Carbon nanotubes; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499526
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